Best PlacesPiute County, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Piute County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Piute County ranks 2,776th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Piute County
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Piute County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Piute County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of counties
Where Piute County ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Household income$49,136 median, better than only 7% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Piute County
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Piute County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $49,136, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Piute County's effective rate of 0.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Piute County
Piute County runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Piute County.
Who works in Piute County, and how
Work in Piute County centers on education and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Piute County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Piute County.
Is Piute County growing, and who is moving in?
Piute County has grown about 5% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Putnam County, TN.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Piute County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Piute County, month by month
Piute County sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 21° | 5° |
| April | 59° | 41° | 23° |
| July | 84° | 66° | 45° |
| October | 63° | 43° | 25° |
Flying in and out of Piute County
The nearest airport, Cedar City Regional, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Piute County
Schools across Piute County average a C+, better than 54% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Circleville SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Antimony SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Oscarson SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Piute HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Piute County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Piute County measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Piute County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Piute County
Is Piute County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Piute County ranks 2,776th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Piute County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,170. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $49,136 median income, cost of living beats 2% of counties.
Is Piute County safe?
Piute County is safer than 17% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $517 per resident a year.
Compare Piute County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Piute County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Piute County represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Piute County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Piute County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Piute County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Piute County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Piute County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Piute County detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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